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Why do bodybuilders are latch on to Steroids?
What are Steroids ?
Today we will discuss steroids but before switching gears to steroids we will highlight its origin. As we know the human body consists of many systems, among them circulatory system, digestive system and nervous system are the most common systems we have been studying from our childhood, where the endocrine system is a very proliferated and less marked system of our body .
In the endocrine system, endocrine glands (which are ductless glands )produce hormones, that are transported to distant organs to regulate physiology and behaviour . Hormones are required for the correct development of animals, plants and fungi.
Steroids are chemicals which can also refer to man made medicine or man made hormones. Steroids are those hormones which can synthesize in laboratories. We can categorise steroids into two categories: corticosteroid and anabolic-androgenic steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroid also known as anabolic steroids. Corticosteroids are medicines that quickly fight inflammation in our body. These men made steroid works like the hormone cortisol which your adrenal gland makes.
Anabolic Steroids:
These days anabolic steroids are getting intense scrutiny or public attention. Anabolic steroids are man made version of testosterone, a male sex hormone that helps to build bigger muscles. You can take them by mouth or get a shot into a muscle.
: Anabolic androgenic steroids :
Androgenic (promoting masculine characteristics)
Anabolic (tissue building)
Steroids (the class of drugs)
Doctors legally prescribe testosterone in several health conditions like late puberty and the loss of muscle mass due to cancer and AIDS. But to get big muscles rapidly and to boost their performance, bodybuilders and athletes are taking higher doses of testosterone and are quick to latch onto steroids. Most abused anabolic steroids are
Deca-Durabolina
Durabolina
Equipoise
Wintrola
How steroids affect your body?
Excess use of anabolic steroids stopped natural synthesis of testosterone in the body where a male shows smaller testicle, lower sperm count and infertility, on the other hand female shows baldness, facial hair growth and deeper voice. Apart from these mood swings, anger and aggression are also commonly noticeable characteristics.
Continued use of anabolic steroids accelerates the high risk of liver, kidney and heart damage and also increases bad cholesterol in the blood which leads to heart attack and heart failure in young age.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping) is prohibited within the sports of Atheletes.In 1975 the international Olympic committee added anabolic steroids as banned substances in its list. The international Olympic committee ( IOC), National Collegiate Athletic association (NCAA), National Football League (NFL) and National Hockey League (NHL) have also banned the use of steroids by athletes.
Lethal impacts of blood doping:-
Increased blood viscosity
Clotting susceptibility
Kidney dysfunction
Risk of cardiac arrest
Depression
Hypertension
Brain stroke.
Recently Lamine Diack, who led the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)renamed World Athletics found guilty for covering Russian doping cases and sentenced to prison for 4 years and 6 lakh dollar fine.
If a person has been using steroids for a long time it would be tough to stop abruptly,it can trigger mood swings, fatigue mussels, depression and restlessness. It's safer to slowly reduce or taper your dose.
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